This one… this one is a beast. Just months before New Avengers started, Joss Whedon succeeded Grant Morrison as the preeminent X-Men writer. Another “big” Hollywood get for Marvel. At the time,…
Tag: Colossus
New Avengers 10
John Dell and Laura Martin pitch in on inks and colors, respectively, this month, and those are some really talented pinch hitters to get. Should keep the book looking smooth despite the…
New Avengers 08
That late 90s Sentry logo looks pretty dated on these 2005 covers. A lot has changed in a little time. This one opens with a fun surprise: They lured Sal out of…
UXM 38 & 39
Wolverine is all face on this cover. This was one of Finch’s early weaknesses, he drew people’s heads too small, like there wasn’t enough room in their skull for a brain. I…
UXM 36 & 37
Look at those claws. Starting around the mid-90s, making Wolverine have claws so long that they couldn’t possibly retract back into his arm became fashionable, and it stayed that way. You know,…
USM 044
I assume Spider-Man really falls to his death for a change in this issue. Let’s find out. It’s been a bit since I did that riff. It’s been a bit since Spider-Man…
PPSM 4
Sure are a lot of guest stars in these early issues of the relaunch. Marrow, of all people. Returning the favor for her team-up with Spidey in Uncanny X-Men 346, presumably. So…
WEB 075
I think this one came off eBay. I got a lot of issues here and there pretty cheap as I was slowly filling in the collection. It’s funny, this started out as…
WEB 074
I’ve talked about having the 2nd part of various recent 2-parters from my youth, but this one’s worse. For some reason, I had part 2 of this 4-part story, and that’s it….
WEB 073
Oh, look. It’s The Headmen, those weird lames from the issue of She-Hulk Spidey was in. And, look, this issue is written by John Byrne, so that checks out. Byrne is on…